Don't forget we are also making end meet, making effort to do all the domestic stuff and making progress in our pursuit of our ideal lifestyle. This challenge is equally about making us aware of the fact we are making life better for ourselves and everyone involved in our own lives, anything less would be selfish, wouldn't it?

Yes, we are all succeeding in making homes and better lives fort more than just ourselves. (And hamster home improvements certainly count. )

A lot depends on what others are selling, eg car boot type stuff and if your visitors are all out looking to spend pennies rather than pounds. I personally think you should increase your price by at least £1....

Thank you for your comments Tad and New Start, we are having a table top sale with the coffee morning but they will be in seperAte buildings, my stall will be along side our usual nice stalls, Country Markets, vegetables, greetings cards and books, a bit more select I can always try a little bit more and if there isnt any interest swap the label. I just didnt want £3 50 to be too much, I never like pricing things up! Im usually happy to cover costs, but it would be nice to make a bit too.

Flourgirl - love the bag! Very topical in our household as we have a pair of owls taken up residence opposite.

When we used to do antiques/bricabrac/book fairs, we used to think in terms of what the customer likes to give ie a pound, a fiver, a tenner, and what change she would expect. I always found that say, £4.50 was awkward, as was £7.25 etc. So, £4.99 is perfect in those terms. Or, for small items we used to do say £2 for one, £5 for 3 etc - that's how we sold 2nd hand paperbacks.

I learned a new skill today. I have always been fascinated that people knit in different ways. So today a very kind lady taught me to knit continental style. After 40 plus years it is very difficult to relearn a new skill. There was a competition at the shop and the prize was a parcel of wool. I won it and gave it to the charity knitters. I do not need any more wool that is not planned to use and I am sure they will have more use for it than I.

I'm making the ultimate commitment to my home business and investing in overhauling my website to include 'real' forums, rather than these free ones. While I do love this forum, we can never overlook the fact that the company hosting them could, at any minute, shut them down and that worries me. So, here are NYK's brand new ones... www.frugalforums.co.uk

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2014 12:03 pm Post subject: Let it be noted that at 21.50 on March 31, 2014

That Suzan has done her last coloured stitch on the everlasting crochet blanket. It is now queen bed sized. All there is to do is darn in ends, and I have already done many. Then to add the border. Relief. Thanks is extended to Miss Nimbus, the cat, for helping with yarn tensioning on and off throughout the project.